Self Consciousness

An Alternative Anthropology of Identity

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Anthony Cohen ISBN: 9781134889310
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 11, 2002
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Anthony Cohen
ISBN: 9781134889310
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 11, 2002
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Traditionally the self and the individual have been treated as micro-versions of larger social entities by the social sciences in general, and by anthropology in particular. In Self Consciousness, Cohen examines this treatment of the self, arguing that this practice has resulted in the misunderstanding of social aggregates precisely because the individual has been ignored as a constituent element. By acknowledging the individual's self awareness as author of their own social conduct and of the social forms in which they participate, this informs social and cultural processes rather than the individual being passively modelled by them.

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Traditionally the self and the individual have been treated as micro-versions of larger social entities by the social sciences in general, and by anthropology in particular. In Self Consciousness, Cohen examines this treatment of the self, arguing that this practice has resulted in the misunderstanding of social aggregates precisely because the individual has been ignored as a constituent element. By acknowledging the individual's self awareness as author of their own social conduct and of the social forms in which they participate, this informs social and cultural processes rather than the individual being passively modelled by them.

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